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    Victor Horta : the architect of art nouveau / David Dernie ; illustrations, Alastair Carew-Cox.

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    • Title:Victor Horta : the architect of art nouveau / David Dernie ; illustrations, Alastair Carew-Cox.
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    • Variant Title:Horta, the architect of art nouveau
    • Author/Creator:Dernie, David, author.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Carew-Cox, Alastair, photographer.
    • Published/Created:London : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2018.
      ©2018

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Horta, Victor, baron, 1861-1947--Criticism and interpretation.
      Art nouveau (Architecture)--Belgium.
    • Genre/Form:Criticism, interpretation, etc.
      Biographies.
    • Edition:New, fully revised and updated edition.
    • Description:239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
    • Summary:In the decade following the success of his design for the Hôtel Tassel in Brussels in 1893, Victor Horta, the creator of Art Nouveau architecture, produced more than forty buildings--and a movement. Prepared in close collaboration with the Horta Museum, Brussels, 'Victor Horta: The Architect of Art Nouveau' discusses the many influences on Horta's designs and his legacy. The richly ornamental style of Art Nouveau, characterized by fluid lines based on natural forms, expressed a desire to abandon the historical styles of the nineteenth century and to develop a language that was beautifully crafted and thoroughly contemporary, laying the foundations for the development of modernism in architecture and interior design.
    • Notes:Originally published in the UK in 1995 by Academy Editions, an imprint of John Wiley & Sons.
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-231) and index.
    • ISBN:9780500343234 (hardback)
      0500343233 (hardback)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: THEMES FROM THE WORK OF VICTOR HORTA
      1. Brussels: The Styles Of A New Capital
      2. Paris Dawn
      3. Belgian Avant-Garde: Les Xx And The Fin De Siecle
      4. Quest For Originality
      5. Dream Rooms: Nostalgia And Light
      6. Power Of Material
      7. Endless Line: Projected Space
      BUILDINGS 1889
      1923
      Edicule Lambeaux Parc du Cinquantenaire, Brussels (1889
      97)
      Hotel Autrique 226 Chaussee de Haecht, Brussels (1893
      95)
      Hotel Tassel 6 Rue Paul-Emile Janson, Brussels (1893
      94)
      Hotel Frison 37 Rue Lebeau, Brussels (1894
      95)
      Hotel Winssinger 66 Rue de l'Hotel des Monnaies, Brussels (1894
      97)
      Hotel Solvay 224 Avenue Louise, Brussels (1894
      1903)
      Hotel Van Eetvelde 4 Avenue Palmerston, Brussels (1895
      1901)
      Jardin D'Enfants 40 Rue Saint-Ghislain, Brussels (1895
      99)
      Maison Du Peuple Place Emile Vandervelde, Brussels (1895
      99; demolished 1965)
      Maison and Atelier Horta 23
      25 Rue Americaine, Brussels (1898
      1901)
      Villa Carpentier Chaussee de Tournai, Renaix (1899)
      Villa Frison 70 Avenue Circulaire, Uccle (1899
      1900)
      Maison and Atelier Braecke 31 Rue de l'Abdication, Brussels (1901
      06)
      Maison and Atelier Dubois 80 Avenue Brugmann, Brussels (1901
      06)
      Hotel Max Hallet 346 Avenue Louise, Brussels (1902
      05)
      Waucquez Store 20 Rue des Sables, Brussels (1903
      06)
      Villa Dubois Rue de Maradret, Sosoye (1905)
      Wolfers Store 11
      13 Rue d'Arenberg, Brussels (1909
      12)
      Brugmann Hospital Place Van Gehuchten, Brussels (1906
      23)
      Horta's Buildings in Brussels
      Chronology.
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